ERIE, Pa. — On Sept. 23, a new face in the modernized locomotive world made its appearance. CSX Transportation No. 7200, the first modernized CSX AC4400CW, was released at the Wabtec plant in Erie for testing. The unit was formerly CSX No. 202 and was in service up until this past April before being selected […]
Wabtec’s FDL Advantage program offers upgrades which aim to increase fuel economy for the widely-used prime mover by 5%. Wabtec MINNEAPOLIS — Aiming to extend both the life and value of the fleet of locomotives built by predecessor GE Transportation, Wabtec announced fleet modernization upgrades covering both the FDL prime mover and control platforms for […]
CHICAGO – Iowa Pacific Holdings appears to be holding a fire sale of equipment following a series of recent financial troubles. A batch of new listings on rail equipment brokerage site Ozark Mountain Railcar appeared over the weekend offering a minimum of 33 pieces of Iowa Pacific equipment for sale, including locomotives and rolling stock […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U30C diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U30C diesel locomotive. New road numbers: Rock Island (red and yellow with speed lettering), Chessie System (Chesapeake & Ohio reporting marks), Chicago & North Western (green and yellow with herald on cab and road number on hood, two numbers), […]
EMD SDP45s were the last passenger locomotives Great Northern purchased. A few months after the Burlington Northern merger, SDP45 No. 9860 leads the Western Star at Eureka, Mont., on September 7, 1970. Doug Wingfield photo […]
An eastbound milk train from Ogdensburg, N.Y., passes the joint Rutland/Central Vermont station at Alburgh, Vt., in October 1951, behind green-and-yellow Alco RS3 No. 204. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
At least five Alco-built diesel switchers line up at Ford Motor Co.’s Dearborn, Mich., plant. Did you really think the automaker would buy locomotives from rival General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division? Classic Trains collection […]
Two Baldwin-built DR-6-4-20 “Sharknose” diesels depart Jersey City with the Broker in 1960. The pinstripe scheme was designed in 1934 for the GG1 electric. William D. Volkmer photo […]
At New Orleans, E7s on Illinois Central’s Panama Limited pass Southern Pacific PAs, which have backed in with the Sunset Limited. James G. La Vake photo […]
CNGMotive’s new, purpose-built compressed natural gas tender resembles an intermodal well car. Chris Guss NEW CASTLE, Pa. – At a press event at Kasgro Rail’s New Castle, Pa., facility yesterday, CNGMotive unveiled the industry’s first compressed natural gas tender. Tender GCNX No. 5001 was built new at Kasgro for CNGMotive and features 28 separate CNG […]
ERIE, Pa. — It seems the struggles of the former GE locomotive plant in Erie have come to an end and now it may have a brighter future with an announcement that Wabtec intends to move its Motive Power Industries operation to the Erie Plat plant. The announcement was made Wednesday that it will be […]
SEATTLE — Amtrak has begun maintaining and repairing locomotives at a recently opened, $32 million service station in Seattle, just south of King Street Station. The 330-foot-long, 55-foot-high repair shop will work on locomotives used on Amtrak’s Cascades service, the Empire Builder, and Coast Starlight, as well as locomotives used on Sound Transit’s Sounder commuter […]
